SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.

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Essentially I share my business secrets to optimize SQL Server performance.

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Sep25

SQL SERVER – Guidelines and Coding Standards Complete List Download

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Best Practices, Data Warehousing, Database, DBA, SQL Coding Standards, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Cursor, SQL Data Storage, SQL Download, SQL Function, SQL Index, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Server Security, SQL Stored Procedure, SQL Trigger, SQL Utility

Coding standards and guidelines are very important for any developer on the path to a successful career. A coding standard is a set of guidelines, rules and regulations on how to write code. Coding standards should be flexible enough or should take care of the situation where they should not prevent best practices for coding. They are basically the guidelines that one should follow for better understanding.

Sep24

SQL SERVER – Guidelines and Coding Standards Part – 2

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Best Practices, Database, Software Development, SQL Coding Standards, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

To express apostrophe within a string, nest single quotes (two single quotes). Example: SET @sExample = 'SQL''s Authority' When working with branch conditions or complicated expressions, use parenthesis to increase readability. IF ((SELECT 1 FROM TableName WHERE 1=2) ISNULL) To mark a single line as comment use (–) before the statement.…

Sep23

SQL SERVER – Guidelines and Coding Standards Part – 1

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Best Practices, Database, Software Development, SQL Coding Standards, SQL Constraint and Keys, SQL Index, SQL Joins, SQL Scripts, SQL Stored Procedure

Use “Pascal” notation for SQL server Objects Like Tables, Views, Stored Procedures. Also tables and views should have ending “s”. Example: UserDetails Emails If you have big subset of table group than it makes sense to give prefix for this table group. Prefix should be separated by _. Example: Page_…

Sep22

SQLAuthority Author Visit – Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting – September 2008

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

Database, DBA, MVP, SQL Download, SQL Humor, SQL User Group, SQLAuthority Author Visit

On September 20, 2008 was one of the best day so far for Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting. We had two very interesting sessions by two SQL Server MVPs. SQL Server MVP Jacob Sebastian had began the meeting with very interesting introduction note. Along with many news Usergroup President…

Sep21

SQL SERVER – 2008 – Fix Connection Error with Visual Studio 2008 – Server Version is not supported

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Database, Software Development, SQL Download, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Service Pack

While attending conference SQLAuthority Author Visit – Microsoft Student Partner Conference, some developers informed me that SQL SERVER 2008 cannot be connected to Visual Studio 2008 and error displays as MS does not support SQL Server version. I was surprised initially as I could not believe that two MS products are…

Sep20

SQLAuthority Author Visit – Ahmedabad User Group Meeting September 2008

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

Database, DBA, MVP, SQL User Group, SQLAuthority Author Visit

Today is third Saturday of the Month and every third Saturday we have Ahmedabad User Group Meeting. Our user group is growing and getting interesting. Everybody who attended last months User Group (UG) Meeting realized that how important it is to attend UG meetings. UG President Jacob Sebastian (SQL Server…

Sep20

Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Database, SQL Server, SQL Training

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The interview is a very important event for any person. A good interview questions leads to good career if the candidate is willing to learn.

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 100 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).

Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.